Ainsi font,
font, font is a traditional French song that is sung to babies once they reach
an age where they start to imitate adults.
The action for the song is to turn the wrist clockwise and
anti-clockwise and the babies join in by imitating this action.
The words to the traditional song are
as follows:
Ainsi font, font, font
Les petites marionnettes
Ainsi font font font
Trois petits tours
Et puis s'en vont
Elle reviendront
Les petites marionnettes
Elles reviendront
Quand les autres partiront.
Les petites marionnettes
Ainsi font font font
Trois petits tours
Et puis s'en vont
Elle reviendront
Les petites marionnettes
Elles reviendront
Quand les autres partiront.
There are various versions which you
can download online, although they are all quite fast. But once you have an idea of the tune you can
go it alone!
If you would like to sing
the song in English with your little one too, this translation has been
arranged to fit the tune:
They go this way, way
The little, little puppets,
They go this way, way,
Three little twirls.
Then they go away,
They will come back
The little, little puppets,
They will come back
When the others go away.
The little, little puppets,
They go this way, way,
Three little twirls.
Then they go away,
They will come back
The little, little puppets,
They will come back
When the others go away.
A lovely alternative version, which
includes different actions for children to join in with like dancing and
jumping and is at a more reasonable tempo for non-native speakers can be found
on the lingotots album “lingotunes”.
Clearly a song about marionettes had
to involve a puppet making craft and here is how we did it:
My kids adored this song when they were little! I'd love a tutorial on how to make those puppets :-)
ReplyDeleteI have to admit that I cheated somewhat with the puppets and bought the felt pre-made into puppets! I'm not very handy with a sewing machine I'm afraid and it honestly would have cost me more to buy the felt than to buy the puppets! It's amazing how creative children - and their mummys ;o) - are with some felt, ribbon, cupcake cases, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, doilies and wool though! :o)
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